A probable cause hearing was held Tuesday for a 15-year-old accused of shooting and killing his sister while she slept.

A judge agreed Tuesday that there was probable cause to hold the teen as a juvenile. Formal charges were expected to be filed later this week. A preliminary hearing is set for March 1.

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Franklin County Sheriff Anthony Boen said the teen shot and killed his 16-year-old sister while she was sleeping in their home on Watalula Road on Sunday morning.

Both teens attended Ozark High School, and the victim was a member of the school's basketball team, police said.

Ozark High School students headed back to class Tuesday in the wake of of losing one of their own.

School administrators said they were preparing for a student body overcome with emotions from a classmate being killed.

"It will be very different. It will probably be hard at school, especially for her really close friends. She (the victim) was nice girl and had a lot of friends," Senior Kayla Buck said.

The school had been working with counselors on how they can help their students in mourning, officials said.

"It's a tragic happening, and there's a lot of people deeply hurting around here," Ozark Schools Superintendent Jim Ford said.

Students said they learned of the news on social media sites like Facebook. "I'm just shocked. It makes me realize it could happen to anybody. You would never think it would happen to them -- they were nice people," Buck said.

Several students said they were showing their support for one of their own.

"We're supposed to wear purple for her because she was a lady hillbilly. She played basketball, and she was pretty good," Buck said.

The alleged shooter remained in custody at the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Smith after he turned himself in, police said.

District Prosecuting Attorney David Gibbons said he will seek to charge the teen as an adult. The teen was being held on $750,000 bond.